The total area is ± 14,265.96 km² or 1,426,596 Ha, the
3.2 Data and Tools Requirements 3.2.1 Data Needs
The data in this research came from several sources. Some information were collected by conducting an interview, questionnaire and discussion with
expert from Plantation Office, BAPPEDA Musi Banyuasin Regency and Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology BPTP South Sumatra
Province. They have a good knowledge and experience in the study area. Things discussed with experts were concept and procedure of land suitability evaluation,
and implementation of spatial multi criteria evaluation in land evaluation. Spatial data and literature were gathered from several institutions, based on
field survey of previous research. The data consist of vector or raster format and non spatial data. Description of type and sources of spatial data is given in Table
2. Table 2 Type and sources of spatial data
Data Data Format
Scale Sources
Landuse Map Shapefile
1 : 250.000 BAPPEDA Musi Banyuasin
Administration Boundary Map
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BAPPEDA Musi Banyuasin Digital Elevation
Model Slope Map Grid Data
Format 30 x 30 m
Downloaded from G-TOPO
http:eros.usgs.gov Spatial Plan Map
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BAPPEDA Musi Banyuasin Soil Map
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BBSDLP Temperature Map
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BMKG Rainfall Map
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BMKG Road Map
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BAPPEDA Musi Banyuasin River Map
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BAPPEDA Musi Banyuasin Oil Palm Factory
Shapefile 1 : 250.000
BAPPEDA Musi Banyuasin and Ground Truth